Trip to Kanyakumari: Chapter 13: Mathoor Hanging Bridge: Part 2
Then, we went to the other side of the bridge:
Details of Mathoor Hanging Bridge:
Hydraulics Particulars
| 1. | Length of flume | 1240 ft. (378.05M) |
| 2. | Width | 7’-6’ (2.286 M) |
| 3. | Height of trough | 7’-0 (2.13 M) |
| 4. | Full supl. level | 5’-6/(1.68 M) |
| 5. | Free board (3-4) | 1’6’ (0.46 M) |
| 6. | Slope | 1/1000 |
| 7. | Velocity | 5.1 Ft. per second / (1.55M/Sec) |
| 8. | Discharge | 204 C.ft/Sec. |
| 9. | No. of span pillars | 28 |
| 10. | Length of span | 40 feet (12.195 M) |
| 11. | Bed level, trough at start | 230.55 (Cms.) |
| 12. | Bed level, trough at end | 229.17 (Cms.) |
| 13. | Maximum height above ground level | 104’.00 (28 M) |
| 14. | Construction cost | Rs. 12.90 lakhs |
After that we climbed the stairs and reached at the top of the bridge. You can see the water which is carried for irrigation from one side of a hill to another:
The view from top of the bridge was amazing:
Then, we started walking on the bridge. On the right side we saw the river Parazhiyar in between the vegetation.
Check out this panoramic view of the hills:
On the left side it was the same beautiful Parazhiyar river.
For a more clear view of the surroundings you can see this video:
Then we walked along the bridge and from a point we could see the view tower:
After that we saw a Betel Nut tree:
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